Ask the Cardiologist: What is periodontal disease?

Dr. Maciej Malinski is on the medical staff at Sherman Hospital. He has been kind enough to answer some frequently asked questions related to maintaining a healthy heart. Look for additional heart information from Dr. Malinski in the coming weeks.
Q: What is periodontal disease? Is it related to the gums? Can it affect my heart?
Yes, [...]

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Using Cholesterol Numbers to Monitor Heart Disease Risk

A recent article on cnn.com discussed how cholesterol levels affect your risk of heart disease. Basically, your overall cholesterol level should be under 200, but the number can vary depending on factors such as smoking, high blood pressure or a family history of heart disease. For complete details just follow this link. [CNN]
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Cardiac Bios: Christy Cardiology, Ltd. and Cardiac & Vascular Specialists

Over the past few weeks we have brought you professional information about the cardiac specialists at Sherman Health. We will conclude this series with four doctors who either have their main offices at Christy Cardiology, Ltd. or Cardiac & Vascular Specialists (click links for maps).
George W. Christy, M.D.
Specialties: Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology, Internal Medicine
Medical School: Loyola [...]

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Sherman Hospital Healthy Heart Mobile Details

The Sherman Heart Mobile is at a new location once a month in Bartlett! As a reminder, our healthy heart mobile performs heart and vascular screenings especially beneficial for people over 55 or with risk factors for heart disease. Screenings are also available for blood pressure, cholesterol, blood glucose, osteoporosis and more.
Call 847-429-6500 to register. [...]

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